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| General Location
| Detailed Location (Current Status) | *** | Ft. Richardson | NW Anchorage | *** | Ft. Wainwright, 166 Ord Co | NW Fairbanks | PETER
| B Bty 3/59-4/71 Fairbanks
| 15 E Eielson AFB (Abandoned; US Army Yukon Training Area)
| [{Bigge, M} (Nov 2006) IFC Site (Corrected) terraserver, (Launcher area) terraserver ] [{Bollinger, J} (Oct. 2003) There was a lot of clean-up for asbestos over the summer. Most of the old buildings are just foundations pads now. Images of old Clam Shell protectors for tracking radars - Side view, Quarter view. [{Froehlich, J} (Feb. 2003) During the past several weeks, Mike and Peter sites on Eielson AFB/Ft Wainwraight have been demolished. AS of today all that remains of "B" battery are the 3 radar towers. Another reminder of the Cold War bites the dust. ]
MIKE
| C Bty 3/59-4/70 Fairbanks
| 10 SE Eielson AFB (Abandoned; US Army Yukon Training Area)
| [{Bigge, M} (July 2004) IFC Site terraserver ] [{Froehlich, J} (Feb. 2003) During the past several weeks, Mike and Peter sites on Eielson AFB/Ft Wainwraight have been demolished. AS of today all that remains of "B" battery are the 3 radar towers. Another reminder of the Cold War bites the dust. ]
Launcher area
We also reconned the other launch building, about 100 meters away. It still had much of the air-circulation ducting and water piping, and generally had not been as thoroughly stripped. However, the steps to the sublevel were gone. ... A word of warning to potential visitors: DO NOT attempt entry to the bunkers. It is illegal, and the bunkers ARE on a military reservation. There was a complex of 3-4 buildings, concrete/wood-frame construction, which are extensively tumbled-down. From the hinged "clamshell" doors on top, I assume these housed radar arrays. One of the towers still has the clamshell doors intact. Otherwise the site is pretty well stripped. Access to the towers is possible except for an unsupported steel ladder in one tower.
... This email is not intended
to promote visitation of the launch site.]
JIG
| D Bty 3/59-4/70 Fairbanks
| 5 S Eielson AFB
| C -((O)
L - Explosives storage
USACE
TARE
| A Bty 3/59-4/71 Fairbanks
| 20 S Nenana ((O))
| Roger A Babler “former scope dope” [April 1007] says "On the current conditions of sites the first remark puts our site destroyed in the early 60’s “Taint SO” Know a Robert Foy he served there in 1970. FYI per the 98 anniversary edition of USA Alaska puts our site the first on operational in Alaska came on line 08:00 10 May 1959. " [{Froehlich, J} (Feb. 2003) Tare site was destroyed in the early to mid 60s. [Roger Babler suggests that "early to mid 60s" should read "early 1970s"]. It was located on Moose Creek Bluff. Mike and Peter are actually on Ft Wainwright property. ]
L - Chena River Recreation Area
LOVE
| E Bty 3/59-4/71 Fairbanks
| 10 NW Fairbanks ((O) C/L)
USACE
| [{Freak} (added March 2004) completely buldozed from what I can tell. I believe this satellite photo shows the former site (I attempted to drive there and got stuck in the bad roads). http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?t=1&s=12&x=572&y=9007&z=6&w=1 ] [{Morgan, M} EWAGS on the site lat/longs: 645645/1475138 ] POINT,
| A Bty 4/59-4/79 Anchorage
| 10 SW Anchorage, near Anchorage International Airport
| USACE - somewhere else -, a web site http://home.att.net/~nikealaska/point/AADCP.html http://home.att.net/~nikealaska/INDEX.html http://home.att.net/~nikealaska/point/AADCP.html [{Page, T} (added April 2004) found web site Elmendorf Air Force Base History which says "... Site Point was turned into Kincaid Park. The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail ends near there.) ...." ] [{Freak} (added March 2004) still being turned into a disc-golf course and recreation area. The bunkers are used for storage and one was converted into a ski lodge and visitors center (July 2003). http://freak.minimanga.com/missile2.htm ] Site POINT website by 'Juliet Tango Sierra' (His old call sign) [{Warren, J} Btry A was a dual firing battery (4 launch structures) and is located SW of Anchorage Intl. Airport. Currently it is a cross country ski area operated by the Municipality of Anchorage. One of the launch structures has been converted to a ski lodge. The IFC area has been razed. This site was damaged during the earthquake of Mar 27, 1964 and I understand only 2 launch structures were in use from that day until the site was inactivated.] [{Karr, D} (October 2003) I arrived in Alaska in March 1965 and assigned to the 524th Ordnance co. Ft. Richardson. The dual site was fully operation at that time with 4 launch structures. The 524th received a unit commendation for the rapid return duty of A battery. The last Alaska site was decommissioned in 1979. ] Bay | Goose Bay C Bty 3/59-5/79 Anchorage | 20 NW Anchorage, Goose Bay
| USACE, a web site [{Freak} (added March 2004) The IFC is mostly burned, part of the concrete structure and the bases of the radar towers are still standing, and used for paintball wars by the local kids. The launch bunkers are still intact although one is missing most of the roof. Someone has attempted to seal the lower levels of the bunkers with concrete over the door (July 2003). Photos: http://freak.minimanga.com/bay/ ] [{Warren, J} Btry C is located across Knik Arm at Goose Bay. The state of Alaska owns this property and used the IFC area briefly in the mid-80's as a correctional facility. The launch area has been fenced off and is in reasonably good shape. The last time I visited there, the dog pens and dog training apparatus was still there. As were the guard towers. I have a map which shows the layout of the roads and buildings, but does leave out a few explosive bunkers. ]
[{Kerns, T} We had a landing strip next to the IFC area.
TerraServer ]
SUMMIT,
| Site B B Bty 5/59-5/79 Anchorage
| 25 miles E Anchorage, Chugach Mountains
| The latest on the Lets waste our money blowing up Summit March 2008 people, a web site - A YouTube of Summit, Update of May 20, 2007 ?The Army is trying to protect us from vandals by destroying the Nike site? Latest, another public meeting May 26, 2004 - OK - at least they are being public about it :-)) They are trying again in 2007, see link below Site Summit web site Site Summit - Nike Hercules Missile Installation [{Freak} (added March 2004) Largely the same condition mentiond by others, most of the structures are still intact with minor vandalism and grafitti. There's some evidence of military training excercises (spent ammunition and smoke grenades in the bunkers) as of August 2003. IFC photos: http://freak.minimanga.com/summit/missile.htm and launch area photos: http://freak.minimanga.com/summit/missile1.htm ] [{Sparks, Billy} (added march 2003) See images and description of Summit. The trip back to the Summit was quite an experience for me, perhaps it was more impressionable than the very first time I went up to the Summit because I was going back 30 years in time. You are able to travel about half way up as far as the ski area but, from there we had to go through a locked gate. This area of the road showed little travel. It had tree growth over it until we reached the elevation above vegetation growth. By now I had already realized that everything as I new it, was going to be different. As I reached the Summit I noticed again no hipar or lopar radars as I found missing when I first viewed it from Anchorage. The windows & doors are all boarded up, the building's siding partly missing and, the tin siding on the tracking radars missing as well due to the harsh weather. The motor pool was replaced by antennas & microwave dishes. There was just basically an old empty building with many memories. There was not much to look at just my stories seemed to be all there was. I did get a peek inside the IFC area and it was all empty. The paint showed it's age and the many layers were peeling, I wondered which layer I had painted? The memories were many and I thought of all the guys who served there and wondered why it was all gone now. There was some talk about restoring it but, I wonder where the funds would come from. Perhaps the new missile program would have the best chance of it's rebirth or, maybe just knock it all down and just have a memorial built, just don't let it die.
I did go to A-Brty, it is inside a park which the Nordic Ski club runs now.
The barracks and IFC area is just a cement pad but, there was still the Abar
radar. We flew in and trained there sometimes. The launching area was now a
weight room and, children were there training in one of the bunkers where the
missiles use to lay!]
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